To Mr. Harley - Wounded By Guiscard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDCD EFEF GFGF HIHI FJFJ EKEB LMNM OPOP| In one great | A |
| now | B |
| superior to an age | C |
| The full extremes of nature's force we find | D |
| How heavenly virtue can exalt or rage | C |
| Infernal how degrade the human mind | D |
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| While the fierce monk does at his trial stand | E |
| He chews revenge abjuring his offence | F |
| Guile in his tongue and murder in his hand | E |
| He stabs his judge to prove his innocence | F |
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| The guilty stroke and torture of the steel | G |
| Infix'd our dauntless Briton scarce perceives | F |
| The wounds his country from his death must feel | G |
| The patriot views for those alone he grieves | F |
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| The barbarous rage that durst attempt thy life | H |
| Harley great counsellor extends thy fame | I |
| And the sharp point of cruel Guiscard's knife | H |
| In brass and marble carves thy deathless name | I |
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| Faithful assertor of thy country's cause | F |
| Britain with tears shall bathe thy glorious wound | J |
| She for thy safety shall enlarge her laws | F |
| And in her statutes shall thy worth be found | J |
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| Yet 'midst her sighs she triumphs on the hand | E |
| Reflecting that diffused the public wo | K |
| A stranger to her altars and her land | E |
| No son of hers could meditate this bow | B |
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| Meantime thy pain is gracious Anna's are | L |
| Our queen our saint with sacrificing breath | M |
| Softens thy anguish in her powerful prayer | N |
| She pleads thy service and forbids thy death | M |
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| Great as thou art thou canst demand no more | O |
| O breast bewail'd by earth preserved by Heaven | P |
| No higher can aspiring virtue soar | O |
| Enough to thee of grief and fame is given | P |
Matthew Prior
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